Holdet 2024 EN4/3g - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution Birkerød Gymnasium og HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Lotte Lieutenant Ellebæk
Hold 2024 EN4/3g (3g EN4)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The Repercussions of Empire EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 2 American Minimalism EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 3 The US Presidential Election 2024
Titel 4 Man, Nature, and the City EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 5 The Nature of Evil EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 6 Technology and Ethics
Titel 7 Resources

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The Repercussions of Empire EKSAMENSEMNE

In this unit we have explored Britain's role as an imperial power in different countries and  the repercussions on culture, identity, language, and power. We have also looked into Britain as a modern, multicultural society and issues arising from the imperial past, including English as lingua franca.

Primary texts:
- James Thomson: "Rule Britannia" (1740)
- Rudyard Kipling: "The White Man's Burden" (1899)
- Ruperake Petaia: "Kidnapped"
- Kushwant Sing: "Karma"
- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie: "The Danger of a Single Story" (2009)
- Uzor Maxim Uzoat: "Football Made in Nigeria"
- Andrea Levy: "This is my England" (2000)
- Salman Rushdie: "The New Empire Within Britain"
- Nikesh Shukla: "No, I'm Not Grateful for Colonialism and Here's Why" (2018)


Secondary Texts:
- Jon Packer: "Lingua Franca"
- David Crystal: "What is Standard English?"
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 American Minimalism EKSAMENSEMNE

In this unit we have studied selected short stories by Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver. Firstly, we looked into the iceberg theory/the theory of omission as a lense for reading Hemingway's stories, and we found information about Hemingway's own life and related it to the stories. We also looked into the literary period of Modernism as a frame for understanding the stories. Secondly, we looked into the minimalist writing of Raymond Carver and "Dirty Realism" and discussed how themes of social class, love, identity, alcoholism are portrayed in the stories.

Primary Texts:
- Ernest Hemingway:
  "A Very Short Story",
  "Soldier's Home"
  "Wedding Day"
  "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife"
  "Hills Like White Elephants"
- Raymond Carver:
  "Neighbors"
  "A Serious Talk"

Secondary Texts:
- "Carnage", dir. Roman Polanski, (2011)
- Handouts on American minimalism, Dirty Realism, Hemingway's style of writing.
- Chapters on the historical background and the literary background for Modernism in "Through Literary Landscapes" on Systime:
Historical background: https://throughliterarylandscapes.systime.dk/?id=183
Literary background: https://throughliterarylandscapes.systime.dk/?id=182
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Man, Nature, and the City EKSAMENSEMNE

We have looked into different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and society in different text types from different literary periods. In the unit we have read poems from the British Romantic Period and an excerpt from "Walden" to relate it to American Transcendentalism.
We have also read the autobiography "Educated" by Tara Westover as our literary work and discussed various issues explored in the novel, including perspectives on nature and society, power, language, gender, and education.


Primary Texts:
- Tara Westover: "Educated" (2018)
- William Blake: "The Ecchoing Green"
- William Blake: "London"
- William Wordsworth: "The Tables Turned"
- Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" (1785)
- Eric Hoffer: "Nature and the City" (essay)
- Letter from Chris McCandless
- Henry David Thoreau: "Walden" excerpts


Secondary Resources:
"Into the Wild", dir. Sean Penn
Chapters on the Romantic Age from "Through Literary Landscapes" on Systime:
Historical backgroud: https://throughliterarylandscapes.systime.dk/?id=139
Literary background: https://throughliterarylandscapes.systime.dk/?id=133

The Romantic Period:  
School of life video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRWBI0JTYQ

Videos on YouTube about William Blake and London in the 1800s:

When Cities Were Cesspools of Disease:
NatGeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKKzUcqZgMY

William Blake’s Radicalism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl0yBrI24XM

Chimney Sweeps in London:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQ5kmDWZaU
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 The Nature of Evil EKSAMENSEMNE

In this unit we have explored how the notion of evil is portrayed in different texts and ages, starting with the Elizabethan Age and Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Macbeth", and ending with "Dexter".

Primary texts:

- William Shakespeare: "Macbeth":
  Act 1, scenes 1, 3, 5, and 7
  Act 2, scene 2
  Act 5, scenes 1 and 5
- William Shakespeare: "Hamlet":
  Act 3, scene 1: (excerpt) Hamlet's "To be or not to be" monologue
- Sean Spence: "Bad or Mad" (Wider Contexts)
- Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery" (Wider Contexts)
- Stephen Reicher: "Why Not Everyone is a Torturer" (Wider Contexts)


Secondary texts:
- Tedtalk: "Time to Rethink Evil" by Julia Shaw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atReK1tebCA)
- "Dexter" (TV series): Season 1: Episode 1
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 Technology and Ethics

In our last, short unit we have explored how the relationship between humans and technology has been explored through different text types and genres, including dystopian fiction and science fiction. We have primarily studied texts dealing with issues concerning gene technology and cloning, information technology and surveillance, and the use of AI.

Primary Texts:
- "How Far Should We Go With Gene Editing in Pursuit of the "Perfect" Human?" (article fromThe Guardian website, 2023)
- "I Spent $50,000 Cloning My Dog" (article from The Guardian website, 2025)
- T. C. Boyle: "Are We Not Men?" (short story from 2016)
- George Orwell: "1984" (extract from part 1, chapter 1)


Secondary Texts:
- "The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars" (Ted-ed video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIoDYVfKA0
- TedTalk by Paul Root Wolpe on Bioengineering
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 Resources

These resources and webpages have been used throughout the school year:


- Systime:
  - Skriftlig Eksamen i Engelsk: https://skriftligeksameniengelskstxoghf.systime.dk/
  - Sådan Skriver Du i Engelsk: https://xn--sdanskriverduiengelsk-s2b.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?loopRedirect=1
  - Through Literary Landscapes: https://throughliterarylandscapes.systime.dk/
  - Wider Contexts: https://widercontexts.systime.dk/
  - The English Handbook: https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/
- Gettig Started A: https://gettingstarteda.systime.dk/

- Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

- Thesaurus (for synonyms and antonyms)
https://www.thesaurus.com/

- MinLæring (Engram, Engram Basis og Do It, Write)
https://minlaering.dk/


- Ordbogen
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/

- Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/

- Cambridge
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/

- ABC Ordbogen
https://abc.ordbogen.com/
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer